''Athripsodes'' is a genus of insects in the family
Leptoceridae
The family Leptoceridae are a family of caddisflies often called "long-horned caddisflies" or "silverhorns". Leptoceridae is the second largest family of caddisflies with over 1850 species in approximately 68 genera. The main identifying featur ...
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The genus was described in 1820 by
Gustaf Johan Billberg
Gustaf Johan Billberg (14 June 1772, Karlskrona – 26 November 1844, Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish botanist, zoologist and anatomist, although professionally and by training he was a lawyer and used science and biology as an avocation. The pl ...
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The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
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Species:
* ''
Athripsodes albifrons''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Athripsodes amplexus''
(Barnard, 1934)
* ''
Athripsodes angriamani''
Schmid, 1959
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q10421303
Trichoptera
Trichoptera genera